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HERBERT E. VAN DOEN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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. Application led .Tune 7,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. VAN DORN, a citizen of the United States,resid-I ing at Chicago, county of Cook, State lof Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful- Improvement in a Reenforced Car End,and declare. the followin to be a full, clear, and ex-act description ofthe same, such 'as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and usethe` same, vreterence being had to theaccompanyin drawings, which form a part of this speci cation.

In the use of wooden freight car bodies it frequently happens thatabnormal pressure on the end of the car body, either internally as froma shifting of the load of the car or externally as from a blow, shockorthe like,` occurs. This abnormal pressure may 4not entirely destroy thewooden end of the body but may split it or distort it in such a way asto make it ineiective as a complete `closure and yet it may be used tosupport or support supplemental metal closures or en plates.

My invention relates to the provision of metal end panels for car bodieslocated either `on the interior face of a wooden car body eno or uponthe exterior thereof.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 34 is a vertical section illustrating the metal carend engaged tothe interior of the wooden end of the car. l l

In carrying out the invention, A-A represent respectively the cornerposts of one end of a wooden body freight car. B represents the usualcar roof engaged to the corner posts, A-A, nd the balance ofthe usualcar frame in t e usual manner. C-C are metal end panels. The endpanels Care flanged at the edges, c', so that they may be suitably boltedtogether and bolted to the respective posts A-A as' at 02. D,'in Fi 3,represents the ordinary wooden end of this style of car body, the metalpanels being bolted to the upper end frame member of the car at c3 andto the lower end frame member or sill at c4.

The number of the protecting metal end panels may be varied to suit theconstructor. There may be one or, as shown in the drawings herein, two,or more if desired, so long 1920. Serial No. 387,000.

1. In a Wooden body-freight car, the combination with the end frame andwooden sheathin on the inside and outside ofzsaid frame, o? a corrugatedmetal end panel overlying the inner sheathing'and covering the entirearea thereof.

2. In a freight car body having Wooden inner sheathing at the end, a'corrugated sheet metal panel lying against and covering the inner faceof said sheathing.

8. In a freight car body having wooden inner sheathing at the end, acorrugated sheet metal panel lying a ainst and covering the inner faceof sai sheathing, saidl panel being made in a plurality of sectionsfastened together.

4. In a freight car body having wooden inner sheathing at,- the end,a-corrugated sheet metal panel lying against and covering the inner faceof said sheathing, said panel being made of a plurality of sectionsdetachably connected together.

5. Ina freight car body having wooden inner sheathing at the end, acorrugated sheet metal panel lying against and covering the inner faceof said sheathing, said panel being made of a luralit detachably boltedtoget er an bolted to the car body.

G. In a freight car body having wooden inner sheathing at the end, acorrugated sheet metal panel lying against and covering the inner faceof said sheathing, said panel having inwardly directed flanges 'at theside and bottom edges, and means for securing said anges to the adjacentwalls of the car body.

In testimony whereof I sign this speciof sections i detachably

